MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity Project
This Findings Report includes an overview of the MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity project’s global mapping of private sector interventions supporting COVID-19 efforts,...
Adriana Alminana, Amare Bayeh, Daniel Girma, Natasha Kanagat, Lisa Oot, Wendy Prosser, Belayneh Dagnew, Disha Ali
Strengthening data use and quality is critical to achieving high, equitable immunization coverage. One approach that is being increasingly recognized as effective in improving data use and quality is...
The total cost of ownership (TCO) tool for cold chain equipment (CCE) is designed to help users understand the costs of purchasing and maintaining CCE over time. The tool allows country-specific...
Thomas Sorensen, Michelle Seidel, Karuna Luthra, Jalia Nanfuka
Gavi y UNICEF: Novedades de CCEOP (Plataforma de optimización de equipos de cadena de frío), IMPT (Herramienta de mantenimiento de inteligencia y adquisición) y adquisiciones
Jalia Nanfuka, Karuna Luthra, Michelle Seidel, Thomas Sorensen
Des représentants de la Division des approvisionnements et de la Division des programmes de Gavi et de l'UNICEF font le point sur l'approvisionnement et la mise en œuvre de la plateforme...
Jalia Nanfuka, Karuna Luthra, Michelle Seidel, Thomas Sorensen
Representatives from Gavi and UNICEF Supply Division and Programme Division provide procurement and implementation updates on the Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform (CCEOP) and the...
Vietnamese: PATH, Chương trình Tiêm chủng mở rộng Quốc gia
Trong nỗ lực giảm gánh nặng công việc cho cán bộ tiêm chủng trong công tác quản lý, ghi chép, lưu trữ, thống kê số liệu tiêm chủng, nhiều quốc gia đã...
PATH, Vietnam National Expanded Program on Immunization (NEPI)
In the effort to reduce the burden of this administrative aspect for immunization staff, many countries have implemented the electronic immunization registry (EIR) system. However, there is not...
Frontline immunization workers play a critical role in improving vaccine access and equity. A new initiative aims to leverage their firsthand experience to co-create innovative delivery solutions.
This document aims to provide countries, donors and implementing partners with early insights into how to better ensure DRT scale-ups achieve high-quality adoption, keep to timelines, and contribute...
Karuna Luthra, Jalia Nanfuka, Michelle Seidel, Thomas Sorensen
Representatives from Gavi and UNICEF Supply Division and Programme Division provide procurement and implementation updates on the Cold Chain Equipment Optimization Platform (CCEOP) and the...
Agora is a free portal offering tailored learning solutions to UNICEF's staff, partners and supporters. This page gathers all the e-learning content provided by Agora and related to immunization.
Value-based procurement (VBP) is the practice of evaluating potential new products, services, and solutions to maximize overall value for money (VFM), rather than focusing only on the lowest purchase...
Overview of guide to promote equitable health product access through supply chain design for under-served populations: urban poor, remote or rural communities, migrants, and people in conflict or...
Ensuring that health products are available and accessible for everyone is a critical part of primary health care, and essential to achieving universal health coverage. With new disease outbreaks,...
As part of the work the BID Initiative undertook starting in 2013 to improve countries’ collection, quality, and use of immunization data, PATH partnered with countries to identify the critical...
Led by PATH, in partnership with the governments of Tanzania and Zambia, the BID Initiative is grounded in the belief that better data, plus better decisions, will lead to better health outcomes. BID...
The BID Learning Network invites you to view a webinar presentation on The Immunization Data: Evidence for Action (IDEA) Review. IDEA is a global synthesis of existing evidence aimed at increasing...
The BID Learning Network invites you to view a webinar presentation on The Data Use Partnership. The use of reliable information from a well-designed health information system is critical for:...
Just as medical doctors take the Hippocratic Oath as they graduate into their profession, so do many engineers solemnly promise to carry out work to the highest quality, recognizing that any errors...
Between 2013 and 2018, BID designed, developed, and introduced an electronic immunization registry in three regions in Tanzania and one province in Zambia. The Initiative’s financial records were...
Since 2016, the Government of Tanzania has been implementing TImR, an integrated Electronic Immunization registry-logistics management information system (EIR-LMIS) that includes stock notifications....
The governments of Tanzania and Zambia identified key data-related challenges affecting immunization service delivery including identifying children due for vaccines, time-consuming data entry...
BID Initiative, General Department of Preventive Medicine, National Expanded Program on Immunization, PATH, Viettel
As health experts, governments, and policymakers around the world harmonize their goals to improve health outcomes through the use of better data and digital tools, the importance of partnerships...
Global and national stakeholders have acknowledged that routine immunization programs face significant challenges related to the collection, availability, and use of data for planning, management,...
mPowering’s ORB platform recently launched to help promote the sharing and re-use of openly licensed health worker training content. This webinar provides an introduction to the platform and why...
This webinar focuses on the practical aspects of managing the cold chain for a vaccination program in an environment that is less than ideal. The presenter highlights the successes, challenges,...
This webinar focused on the practical aspects of rolling out a nationwide web-based district health information system (DHIMS2) in Ghana. The presenters highlighted the opportunities and challenges...
The Better Immunization Data Learning Network (BLN) recently hosted a webinar entitled “Introduction and Formation of User Advisory Groups (UAG) in Arusha”. This webinar focused on the engagement...
Building a culture of data use requires a shift across the entire health system, where consistent use and analyses of data result in decisions that improve service delivery. These tools can be used...
These tools can be used to coordinate the timing and activities of the introduction and implementation of the data quality and data use interventions. These tools offer guidance on how to manage and...
This set of tools may be used for planning the introduction of a new intervention or activities prior to implementation of the intervention. These tools can help you to understand the landscape for...
The Better Immunization Data Learning Network (BLN) held a webinar entitled “Introduction to OpenHIE and Interoperability for National Information Systems”. The presentation gave an introduction...
Sustainability has been a core principle of the BID Initiative from its earliest days. Planning for sustainability focuses on four key areas: policy, institutional factors, technical issues, and...
The BID Initiative embedded a peer learning network within its structure to ensure that countries collaborated to identify shared problems and test shared solutions. The BID Learning Network (BLN)...
Oliver is a nurse in a busy, urban facility. She’d spend hours sifting through dense registry books to find which children were due for vaccination and ensuring she had enough stock. Once kids were...
Digital health interventions have rapidly expanded our ability to record health data, which can lead to improved health systems and better decision-making. In this lightning talk from the Global...
The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you view a webinar presentation on “Building Capacity in Immunization Data Quality and Use through Mentorship: Introducing the BID Regional Mentors.” In its...
L’histoire de l’initiative BID illustre la valeur de la planification collaborative sous la conduite des pays, celle du leadership et de l’appropriation, de la conception centrée sur...
The BID Initiative Story highlights the value of collaborative, country-driven planning; local leadership and ownership; user-centered design; and continuous learning and adaptation when developing...
The BID Initiative has released midline and endline monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reports for Tanzania. This report presents the evaluation findings from Arusha Region and Tanga Region based on...
The BID Initiative has released its midline monitoring and evaluation (M&E) report for Zambia. This report presents the evaluation findings from data collected at baseline and midline of BID...
The BID Initiative took a holistic approach to address immunization data challenges by packaging together information system products, data management policies, and evidence-based practices with...
In this webinar, the presenters share the lessons learnt in Tanzania and Zambia during the implementation of data quality and data use interventions at district and sub-district levels. The audience...
The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you to view a webinar entitled “Principles of Digital Development.” The Principles of Digital Development are a set of high level concepts for consideration...
In this webinar, the presenter shared lessons learned from Burkina Faso’s experience in improving the quality of immunization and surveillance data for Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) target...
In this webinar, the presenter walked the audience through the Zimbabwe Expanded Program on Immunization (ZEPI) and offered a brief background and historical perspective. The speaker shared lessons...
In this webinar, our speaker shared lessons learned from the process of developing and implementing the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Data Management System in Cameroon. The presentation...
This webinar provides background and examples of ways in which eHealth Africa (eHA) employs technology and information systems to transform health care delivery. Our speaker described how eHA has...
The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you to view the recorded webinar entitled “The Uganda eIDSR System”.
During this webinar, colleagues from Uganda share how they have built an information...
During this webinar, VaxTrac presents on common themes and implementation/scale-up challenges that were identified during the recent BLN Study Visit to Benin conducted between 11th and 16th July...
The BID Learning Network (BLN) held a webinar entitled “Development of a Health Information Systems (HIS) Strategic Plan – The Liberian Experience”.
During this webinar, Liberia shares the...
This webinar describes Senegal’s experience with implementing DHIS2 and discusses interoperability considerations in relation to DVD-MT and DHIS2. The speakers highlight successes, opportunities...
The BID Learning Network (BLN) recently held a webinar entitled “Economies of Scale, Integration & Interoperability in Digital Health”.
This webinar discussed World Vision’s experiences in...
The Better Immunization Data Learning Network (BLN) held a webinar entitled “TechNet Resource Library” about this online repository of journal articles, documents, tools, websites, and other...
The Better Immunization Data Learning Network (BLN) recently held a webinar entitled, “Logistics management system in The Gambia.” The presentation provided an overview of The Gambia, one of the...
The BID Initiative Annual Report: April 2016-March 2017 details progress and activities between 2016 and 2017 in Tanzania and Zambia. In year five of the BID Initiative, data quality and use...
This Health Care Waste Management SOPs were developed as a result of the need to strategically and professionally manage the healthcare waste arising from the healthcare industry as well as...
This compendium reviews basic data on healthcare waste, including material constituents, moisture content, incombustibles, heating value, chemical composition, and bulk density.
The Decision Maker’s Guides for Solid Waste Management Technologies were created to help mayors and decision makers understand the various technologies and when they would be appropriate based on...
Decision-makers faced with the choice of upgrading or maintaining an existing medical waste incinerator, installing a new one, or contracting with a hauler who may take the waste to a large off-site...
The purpose of this document is two-fold. The first is to provide criteria for selecting technologies to facilitate decision making for improved health care waste management in health care...
This is a framework for making and justifying decisons for purchased services. The authors of this report discuss recent legislation designed to protect small businesses by ensuring that bundling...
This series of guides aims to promote better management of healthcare technology and to provide practical advice on all aspects of its acquisition and utilization, as well as on the organization and...
Principes fondamentaux de la définition des déchets de soins de santé, lignes directrices pour l'élaboration d'un système de gestion des déchets de soins de santé et moyens de procéder à des...
Comprehensive overview of everything that is involved in developing a proper budget for a Healthcare Waste Management plan. This includes enumerated steps to take, examples and common formulas in...
Guidance on how to develop a healthcare waste management plan, including definitions of salient aspects/roles as well as the enumeration of important principles that will help guide one's own plan...
The I-RAT is a rapid assessment tool to obtain an initial indication of the level of healthcare waste management at an individual healthcare facility. The tool results in an overall score that can be...
This rapid assessment tool is a part of an overall strategy developed by WHO which aims at reducing the disease burden caused by poor healthcare waste management (HCWM) through the promotion of best...
This handbook provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies. Future...
One module within WHO’s highly respected MLM Training, it describes how to ensure every vaccination is given safely, how to manage waste materials, and how to monitor adverse events. This module...
PATH, Cục Y tế dự phòng, Chương trình Tiêm chủng Mở rộng Quốc gia, Tập đoàn Công nghiệp Viễn thông Viettel
Nghiên cứu tình huống này ghi chép lại những lợi ích và thách thức trong việc xác định, phát triển và duy trì quan hệ đối tác giữa Nhà khai thác mạng di...
Synthesis report covering a cross-country analysis of data review teams interventions carried out by CHAI, John Snow, Inc., and VillageReach. Surfaces three principles and eight recommendations for...
The BID Learning Network recently held a webinar called "Successful implementation of a Health information Software." In this webinar, the speakers shared Mali’s experience implementing health...
The BID Learning Network (BLN) hosted a webinar which elaborated on RED-QI (Reaching Every District incorporating Quality Improvement approaches). The “RED-QI” approach is a process that supports...
The BID Initiative Learning Network (BLN) hosted a webinar which elaborated on the establishment, use, and added value of a web-based Immunization Information System (IIS) in Albania. The talk...
The BID Initiative Learning Network (BLN) recently hosted a webinar which outlined the basics for understanding and developing health enterprise architecture. Aimed at both technical and...
The BID Initiative has released midline and endline monitoring and evaluation (M&E) reports for Zambia and Tanzania. The Zambia midline M&E report presents the evaluation findings from data collected...
This document informed the BID Initiative's landscape analysis and summarizes digital platforms and immunization information systems in use in different countries across the globe.
This literature review was conducted to identify, review, and analyze published and grey literature to inform the behavior, organization, and practice activities to be conducted as part of the BID...
This BID Initiative Theory of Change document focuses on Primary Outcomes 3 and 4 of the BID Initiative. This narrative elaborates on the BID Initiative hypotheses related to scaling and diffusing of...
This BID Initiative landscape analysis of existing projects reviews past and current approaches, strategies and interventions employed to drive the use of data among managers and decision makers for...
The BID Initiative conducted a literature review to support the development of a theory of change model that enables effective monitoring and evaluation of the activities related to the goal of...
The classification of digital health interventions (DHIs) categorizes the different ways in which digital and mobile technologies are being used to support health system needs. Historically, the...
The BID Initiative has partnered with countries in Africa through the BID Learning Network (BLN) to design information system products and introduce new practices that can be tested in a few...
Nighat Khan, Mike Bailey, Laurie Werner, Carolyn Moore, Amanda P. BenDor
Digital tools play an important role in supporting front-line health workers who deliver primary care. This journal article explores the current state of efforts undertaken to move away from...
The BID Initiative presented at the 2017 Global Digital Health Forum in Washington DC regarding the design, roll out, and scale up of electronic immunization registries in Tanzania and Zambia.
A data use culture describes the customs, dispositions, and behaviors of a particular group or organization to support and encourage the use of evidence to inform their decision-making. If...
The BID Initiative Annual Report: April 2016-March 2017 details progress and activities between 2016 and 2017 in Tanzania and Zambia. In year five of the BID Initiative, data quality and use...